Even more Flickr photographs have been added to the Flickr page today!!

Webmaster

26 July 2009

Following a recent posting on the BBS about veneering, a link to the previously featured Reprinted Articles from Safety Fast, June 1997, concerning veneering has also been added to the Hints and Tips page.

Webmaster

24 July 2009

New security features have been added to the BBS by Mike Plumstead that will encrypt email addresses so that spam crawlers will not be able to harvest email addresses from the page coding. This means that although you will be able to see and click on an email address such as webmast@mgytypes.org
the actual code in the page is:&#119;&#101;&#98;&#109;&#97;&#115;&#116;&#64;&#109;&#103;&#121;&#116;&#121;&#112;&#101;&#115;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103; which is total gibberish to spam crawlers. We hope that this will bring continued assurance of our intention to provide you with a safe and secure internet MG Y experience. You will therefore be safe to leave your full email address up there if you wish rather than putting it up cryptically (such as webmast @ mgytypes.org - without the spaces). Our thanks to Mike Plumstead for this.

Y 5492 has changed owners and is now back in The Netherlands having passed from father to son. It is always heartening to see the Y infection passing through the generations and not loosing any of its appeal! Well done Rob and Andrew and we wish Andrew much enjoYment from the car.

Webmaster

15 July 2009

Karl Heinz Boerchers has sent in a report on Sommertreff 2009.
This has been added to the Events page and can also be downloaded here.

Peter Arnell, also had a surprise at Silverstone last weekend. David Pelham explains:

In March 2009, Peter Arnell passed on the role of Chairmanship of the MG Car Club Y Type Register to Peter Vielvoye, after eleven years of dedicated service. Peter has been an excellent ambassador, both for the Y Register and the MG Car Club. Peter and Suzie's Sun Bronze YB is in regular attendance at MG events and probably 'clocks up' more miles than most other Y Types.

It was decided by the Committee to recognise Peter's contribution by presenting him with a Jacket (suitable for both Y & Triple M events — Peter also has a N Type) embroidered with a Y Type, the MG Car Club Logo and the words Chairman 1998 — 2009. David Pelham made a short speech on behalf of the Register thanking Peter for his contribution. This was followed by Bill Wallis, the President of the MG Car Club, who presented the Jacket to Peter and also thanked him for his hard work on behalf of the club.

Peter thanked all the committee for their work and support during his chairmanship and wished the Register success going forward.

Note: Under normal circumstances of a maximum term of five years office holding, this record eleven year stretch is likely not to be surpassed in the short term ... but we shall have to wait and see!

The mid-month Reprinted Article has also been added and is from Australia's Sports and Classic Cars magazine and it titled Y-Front the prim and proper MG. Enjoy!

The Reprinted Article comes Safety Fast, February 1992, is called "Driving a Y-Type Amsterdam - Moscow - Amsterdam" and is by Chris Backlund. His Y (Y 6918) can be seen on Ys on Parade coming into Red Square, Moscow, Russia.